Blessing Avery

Since most everyone was in town for Thanksgiving we decided it would be a good time to give Avery her baby blessing. My mom made her dress and it was absolutely beautiful. Bishop Wilcox gave her a very sweet blessing and then Michael got to hold her up so everyone could see how cute she was. Colleen was awesome and took some pictures afterwards so hopefully we got a good one that we can use for Christmas cards! After the pictures I changed her out of the dress so it wouldn't get dirty/ruined and it's a good thing I did because about ten minutes later one of the kids said 'uh Avery pooped her pants and holy poop did she- it was EVERYWHERE, I had to give her a bath at Kaytes house. Then everyone went home :( and Avery and I came home and took a nice long nap! We had a very fun weekend with everyone and can't wait to see them again!

What a trooper!

There is no way I'd stay up all night or get up at 2 or 3 in the morning to go shopping on black Friday, no thanks! Avery and I got up about 930 and headed to Old Navy to see if they had anything we couldn't live without. We found some good stuff! After we were done there we called to see what everyone else was doing and ended up heading to Kohls with mom, Kayte and Colleen. I think we spent about two hours in there... Avery was a trooper and took naps at both stores. She is such a good baby when we're out and about!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am a terrible mom and didn't take any pictures of Avery at her first Thanksgiving dinner- I hate it when I forget to take pictures! We had a great dinner, though, with lots of family to celebrate with. Thanksgiving morning Kayte, Chad, Colleen, Paige and Ashley all ran in the Turkey Trot 5k so mom and I took the rest of the kids down to see the end of the race. It was a nice sunny day but the wind was blowing which made it really cold! Avery did really well until we were leaving and she decided she was hungry.
This year I am thankful for a warm house, good food and the fun/love of family. While they're simple things, they are things that a lot of people don't have. I'm so grateful for all the blessings I have!

First Santa Picture

I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet. We went to a craft fair this weekend, yes, I got Michael to go! And Santa was there and pictures were only $5 so what are you gonna do? It was fun and we got some Christmas presents marked off the list. Michael also got a 'magic' bracelet that is supposed to help with his balance- we'll see how it goes. :) Oh and Avery has a blanket wrapped around her because she had a huge poop that went up her back and 'mother of the year' here didn't have any extra clothes with me. Oops.

Six Months!

Our baby is already halfway to one, we can hardly believe it. She gets more and more fun every day. We have started feeding her a little bit of food every now and then. She really likes bananas, squash and carrots. She does NOT like peas at all but sometimes I feed them to her anyways just to see the face she makes. She's a really good eater though and the majority of it stays in her mouth!
She is also starting to move around a lot more. I put her on a blanket the other day and started some laundry- when I came back to the living room she had scooted off the blanket and was headed for the couch. She slides around really easily on the wood floors! She is also getting up on all fours every now and again but I hope we're still a ways away from crawling!

Here are her stats:
-size two diapers
-size 3 and 6 month tops, 6 month bottoms
-loves splashing in the bath
-will smile at anyone to get their attention
-still thinks her puppies are the greatest things ever
-HATES having her nose sucked out or wiped
-still sleeping 12+ hours a night
-likes to play in her bouncer
-trying to sit up and can sort of sit on her own if we put her in a sitting position
-when she's tired or going to sleep on her own she will 'yell' herself to sleep, very funny!
-saw snow for the first time today!

I will have to update her height/weight after we go see the doctor.

We took some pictures outside today and Avery got to make her first snow angel! She wasn't too impressed with being in the snow. :)

We sure love you, tiny bear!

Hint, hint

Happy birthday!

Our Petree is 4 years old today, we can hardly believe it. We sure do love him! Here is a picture of him as a puppy and one of him today- we love his ears. :)